On 5 May 2006 at 5:12, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote (about my suggestion to run the student's form through the Scantron again):
> > But I'd think running it through the Scantron again will make it > correspond with the student's "new" marks, since he almost certainly > erased the old ones and inserted new ones. > As I understand it, that's the point. His story is that the Scantron read the erased marks, giving an incorrect low grade. If that's true, it should show the same effect on a re-scan, thus verifying his story and confirming that the Scantron can make mistakes. But if, after the first marking, he erased his incorrect marks and inserted new correct ones, the Scantron would now show a higher grade than on the original scan. This would provide evidence that he dishonestly changed his marks after grading. Whether or not the information would be used against him, it would be useful to know. And satisfy our curiosity. Stephen ----------------------------------------------------------------- Stephen L. Black, Ph.D. Department of Psychology Bishop's University e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Lennoxville, QC J1M 1Z7 Canada Dept web page at http://www.ubishops.ca/ccc/div/soc/psy TIPS discussion list for psychology teachers at http://faculty.frostburg.edu/psyc/southerly/tips/index.htm ----------------------------------------------------------------------- --- To make changes to your subscription go to: http://acsun.frostburg.edu/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=tips&text_mode=0&lang=english
